Hospital Locksmith: Secure Locks, Keys & Access Systems

Stony Brook Medicine; Stony Brook, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a professional Locksmith to install, maintain, and repair locks and related hardware in a hospital setting. You will support other maintenance staff, compile records, and ensure secure key control and lock operations.

Required: four years of full-time locksmithing experience; preferred: hospital experience and NY driver license. The position is full-time and located at Stony Brook University Hospital in NY.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of the principles, methods, materials, tools and equipment of the locksmith trade.
• Working knowledge of the mathematics needed to determine key changes, changes in lock combinations and the setting of various master keys.
• Working knowledge of facility security procedures concerning the issuance of keys and locks.
• Ability to plan and lay out locksmith work.
• Ability to read, interpret and work from plans, diagrams and specifications.
• Ability to use tools, machines, equipment and materials of the locksmith trade.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Ability to perform work requiring precision and attention to detail.
• Ability to organize records.
• Ability to estimate labor and material requirements of locksmith work.
• Ability to supervise and train others in the locksmith trade as required.

Responsibilities

• Repairs locks that have become jammed or are otherwise inoperative.
• Using tools, removes locking mechanism from doors, gates, cabinets, etc.
• Opens the lock and removes defective parts or debris causing malfunction.
• Inserts new part into lock mechanism.
• Adjusts tumblers and levers as necessary.
• May manufacture keys to fit the repaired lock.
• Installs and maintains the lock and key system in a State facility.
• Using a variety of small hand tools and following manufacturers' instructions installs new locks in doors, windows, cabinets, etc.
• Periodically sets lock cylinders and changes combinations on locks.
• Computes changes in lock combinations and key changes to avoid duplication of combinations and records changes.
• Maintains locks by disassembling them, cleaning, oiling and replacing parts, and, as necessary, manufacturing parts such as screws and springs.
• Opens locks where keys are not available or locks are jammed.
• Makes new and duplicate keys as necessary.
• Keeps extra keys for locks in secure area.
• Estimates materials needed for lock and key system.
• May perform carpentry tasks related to lock and key system.
• Establishes and maintains an extensive record system in order to avoid key and lock duplication and to insure the required security of the facility and its contents.
• Records placement of locks, lock combinations and number of keys fitting each lock; adjusts records to reflect changes.
• Records information indicating person to whom keys and/or locks are issued.

Job description

Stony Brook Medicine is seeking a professional Locksmith to install, maintain, and repair locks and related hardware in a hospital setting. You will support other maintenance staff, compile records, and ensure secure key control and lock operations.

Required: four years of full-time locksmithing experience; preferred: hospital experience and NY driver license. The position is full-time and located at Stony Brook University Hospital in NY.